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tedrlord · 12-11-2003, 01:36 AM

Bob the Angry Flower's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots: http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

I used to get a bit annoyed when people ended a sentence with a preposition, but it's not really a strict rule. There's also that quote someone mentioned earlier: "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with I will not put." I believe it was from Churchill, but that's what they say about every quote.

Also, I read something interesting about people's tendency to say things like "um" and "like" all the time. Apparently it's a more or less necessary part of language; a sort of placeholder in a sentence without which conversations don't move as fluidly.

12-11-2003, 01:36 AM	#51 (permalink)
tedrlord Crazy Location: Behind you!	Bob the Angry Flower's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots: http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif I used to get a bit annoyed when people ended a sentence with a preposition, but it's not really a strict rule. There's also that quote someone mentioned earlier: "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with I will not put." I believe it was from Churchill, but that's what they say about every quote. Also, I read something interesting about people's tendency to say things like "um" and "like" all the time. Apparently it's a more or less necessary part of language; a sort of placeholder in a sentence without which conversations don't move as fluidly.